Chapter 677: Melee hand-to-hand combat

The land troops led by Xie Cang went to the island, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides in an instant, and in less than a stick of incense, the casualties on both sides reached 1,000.

Even with such casualties, whether it was the resisting pirates or Xie Cang's troops, none of them retreated, and they all fought with all their might.

With the passage of time, at the cost of more than 1,000 people, all the islands on the periphery of Zhoushan Island were taken.

Without the slightest sign of stopping, the soldiers who occupied the islands, according to the plan, began to attack the islands continuously, a little bit of entanglement, little by little encirclement.

The pirates on the island resisted equally fiercely, constantly counterattacking with the help of various traps, commanding heights, and various ambush points in the shadows.

With a little bit of advancement, Xie Cang's troops suffered fierce resistance, and every time they took a step forward, they had to pay heavy casualties.

Listening to the reported casualties, Xie Cang looked ahead, and unmoved, according to the previous rhythm of the attack, ordered orders.

When the battle comes to this, no matter how big the casualties are, even they are likely to die here, they will take Zhoushan Island.

The capture of Zhoushan Island is of great significance to Dongzhou, which is the first time that the pirate has been able to conquer the opponent's lair after many years of confrontation with pirates.

When this news comes back, that kind of excitement will definitely inspire the general public, let them know that these ferocious beasts are not so powerful, they all carry two shoulders and one head.

If you cut it down, you will die, not invincible as rumored to be, and taking Zhoushan Island will eliminate the fear in the hearts of many people in Dongzhou.

Even if the pirates are making a comeback in the future, at least in the face of these invaders, no one will feel fear or fear, and some will only die to defend their homeland.

And this is an important reason why Xie Cang is desperate for everything, regardless of casualties, and has to take Zhoushan Island in this battle.

With the start of the battle on Zhoushan Island, when the two sides fell into a fierce battle, the third battlefield was about a dozen nautical miles away from the right side of Zhoushan Island.

Twenty or thirty huge warships floated on the surface of the sea, and in front of them was a fog that could not see far away, and likewise, they could not see their traces in the foggy sea.

On the bow of these warships, there are several Japanese soldiers standing on the trick poles, looking into the distance, although the fog makes them unable to see clearly, but it does not mean that they can't see anything.

And on both sides of the warship, there were dozens of small boats that could accommodate more than ten people, and they floated on the surface of the sea, slowly heading towards the fog ahead.

Apparently scouts resembling land armies, the boats vanished into the sea in the blink of an eye.

As the minutes ticked by, I waited for about an hour.

The would-be wrecker, standing on the mast, seemed to receive some kind of signal and whistled at the warship below.

In an instant, a large number of pirates and pirates appeared on each warship, armed with bows, crossbows, and firearms, standing at the bow of the ship, looking ahead, ready to fight at any time.

Not only them, but the hulls on the sides of the battleship, some windows opened, and more than a dozen guns were pushed out, aiming at the fog ahead.

It is worthy of the naval division of Fusang, they may lag behind in the development of the land army, but the construction of the naval division is much more catching up than that of Daliang.

Not only did a single firearm be created, but even the artillery was drummed out, although this kind of artillery is not worth mentioning compared with modern times, but it is a big killer weapon in Daliang, which is dominated by cold weapons.

If it weren't for the bulky guns, slow movement and long interval between fires, they would have been used in land armies long ago.

The land army is not worthy, but it is quite suitable for the naval division, and in the undulating sea, artillery can play the greatest role.

As long as it can hit a single shot, the ship will not be sunk, but at least it will be severely damaged.

In order to be able to inflict heavy losses on the Yuezhou Naval Division in one fell swoop, this time, Fujiwara Shinichi basically transported all the artillery and firearms of the 40,000 Naval Division to the 20,000 Naval Division troops who were ambushed.

After waiting for so long in advance, I finally waited for the arrival of the Yuezhou Water Division, and this time Fujiwara Shinichi could have a good meeting with this Marquis of Daliang Dongshan.

The whole army does

Prepare for the attack, time passes minute by minute, and in the fog ahead, for about a moment, you can vaguely see some big ships appearing.

Without any hesitation, Fujiwara Shinichi immediately ordered the whole army to open artillery and take Su Qi'an, who was going to hit with the most fierce attack, by surprise.

I didn't want to kill the Yuezhou Sailors with a salvo, but this kind of formation could at least stun them, and then take advantage of the confusion of the Yuezhou Sailors, send a large number of small boats to quickly approach and directly get on the ship.

Finally, on the opponent's warship, melee hand-to-hand combat, as a result, the opponent's warship basically loses the ability to counterattack from a distance.

When the time comes, the ships approach, with the support of artillery, it is estimated that the battle will be over in half an hour at most.

This kind of quick and decisive style of play is the style of play that Fujiwara Shinichi is most proud of after many actual battles in the naval division army.

Ambush in advance, move in advance, catch the other party off guard, and then board the ship quickly, and wait until the other party reacts, basically it's too late.

This kind of quick and decisive raid tactics has been tried and tested repeatedly by Fujiwara Shinichi in the past actual battles.

No matter how clever and strategic this so-called Dongzhou Inspector is, in the case of losing the first move, even if he quickly changes his tactical play, he has already fallen into disadvantage, and his defeat is doomed.

As Fujiwara Shinichi's order fell, countless cannons blasted towards the ships that had already appeared in the fog with a loud bang like earth-shattering.

The power of the artillery is much stronger than the stone ball, and when several artillery explosives hit, a large ship caught fire in an instant, lost its ability to move, and the hull was bombarded in pieces.

At the same time, under the cover of the power of artillery, almost hundreds of small boats on the sea rushed into the fog at the fastest speed, approached the stunned warship, and quickly launched the three-toothed claw on boarding.

The three-toothed claws hooked the hull of the ship, and then the raiding pirates were very skillful on board, and in the blink of an eye, they were on the ship and disappeared.

In the rear, on a warship, Fujiwara Shinichi looked at the stunned warship in front of him with a somewhat regretful look.

Although he really wanted to see how powerful Su Qi'an, who was rumored to be very godly, but now it seemed that in the third battlefield, with his men and horses boarding the ship, the balance of victory had tilted in his favor.

The outcome of the Yuezhou Navy Division being defeated by him is already doomed, now it is up to us to see who can capture Su Qi'an alive as quickly as possible and receive a reward from him.

Just as Fujiwara Shinichi was fantasizing about how to talk to the Inspector after seeing him, suddenly, the men who landed on the ship in front of him let out a hurried whistle.

The voice represents a plan and needs help.

Before Fujiwara came back to his senses, the rapid whistle did not last long and stopped abruptly.

Immediately afterwards, on the landing warship, there was a sudden sound of rapid breaking wind, which was the sound of arrows.

Then, the warship, which had lost power, seemed to be pushed by an external force, and slowly headed towards Fujiwara Shinichi's sailors.

As everyone looked at it, as the damaged warships gradually appeared clearly, behind the warships, there were more than a dozen warships that had not been hit hard.

These warships sank the broken warships one by one, and as the distance gradually approached, the ships were rained with arrows in a rain of arrows.

The Fuso sailor, who came back to his senses, shouted, and hurriedly stopped the defense and counterattacked.

Not only that, as more than a dozen warships rushed out of the fog, some Yuezhou soldiers standing on the bow of the boats, as if they were ready, held arrows and crossbows, and pointed an arrow at the Fusang sailors not far away.

It is said to be an arrow, but in fact it is at the back end of the arrow body, and there is a thick rope.

One of the arrows shot into the pillar of the Fuso sailor, pierced to death, these arrow ropes were not just one, but dense, in the blink of an eye, the two nearest warships were connected by more than ten arrow ropes.

When the Fuso warriors looked at this scene, their faces changed drastically, and they all shouted, "Stop them, cut the rope!"

Of course, they knew what these Yuezhou soldiers wanted to do, and just like them before, they took advantage of the chaos to land the opponent's ships and fight.

Only in this way will the flames of war be burned to the enemy's warship, the artillery and firearms of the enemy's warship

It has become an ornament, and it can only be used in melee combat.

Although the Fuso samurai reacted in time, they could not withstand the overwhelming number of opponents, and often did not wait for the rope to be cut, and the Fuso samurai were shot into a sieve by the more than ten arrows they were targeting.

At this time, there was more than one Fuso Navy Division warship, and this scene occurred and spread to almost every warship.

The tug-of-war between the two sides became white-hot in an instant.

At this time, Fujiwara Shinichi, who was well protected, hid in the command cabin, and looked at the Yuezhou sailor who appeared in front of him, his face was very ugly.

He quickly knew what was going on in front of him, his surprise attack, he wanted to fight quickly, his idea was right, and his style of play was not wrong.

But he ignored the fog, he wanted to use the cover of the fog to raid, and similarly, the Yuezhou sailor on the opposite side also thought the same.

The warships that appeared at the beginning were indeed Yuezhou sailors, but these warships were basically an empty ship, moving forward with the crashing waves.

And these warships without people have become the vanguard of the temptation of the Yuezhou sailors, and Fujiwara Shinichi's desperate bombardment is quite cool, but it also directly exposes their position.

It can be said that his round of artillery bombardment made the Yuezhou sailors who attacked at any time behind see it clearly.

Waiting for his own raiders to ship immediately, the Yuezhou sailors who followed behind stood directly at the bow of the ship, and fired a sharp shot at the damaged empty ship in front.

His men and horses landed on the ship like a living target, all exposed to the attack of arrows in the sky.

Then, while they were stunned for a while, the Yuezhou sailors in the rear drove at full speed and attacked them directly, and when they saw clearly, the Yuezhou sailors had already arrived in front of them.

And as planned, they forcibly boarded the ship directly and fought with them in hand-to-hand combat.

Although this style of play is very risky, once it is done, the artillery weapon that he is proud of is basically an ornament.

And the result was exactly the same as expected, these Yuezhou soldiers who forced themselves on the ship and planned to fight hand-to-hand in close combat, their goal was almost achieved.

The soldiers on both sides have begun to fight hand-to-hand in close combat.

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